Delray Beach attorney disbarred

May 29, 2013|By Jon Burstein, Sun Sentinel

A Delray Beach attorney who was on the front line of the 2000 presidential recount battle in Palm Beach County has been permanently disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court, the Florida Bar announced Wednesday.

J. Reeve Bright, who had represented the Republican Party of Palm Beach County, did not fight the Florida Bar's allegations that he continued to practice law despite having his law license suspended.

Bright, 65, told the Sun Sentinel that the Florida Bar's accusations are not true, but he chose not to contest the case because he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Bright, who practiced law for almost three decades, had his law license suspended for three years in August 2010 after a Florida Bar audit found he had mixed personal funds with his trust account and failed to maintain proper financial records.